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As the world community figures out how to defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula, President Obama wants China to be heard. Beijing must "make clear to North Korea that there are a set of international rules that they need to abide by," he tells Barbara Walters in an ABC interview that airs Friday night.

Obama did not spell out any actions the US may take, though he reiterated that the South is "one of our most important allies." He called the North's shelling of Yeonpyeong Island a "serious and ongoing threat that has to be dealt with."

How about the US taking a stand on South Korea who were repeatedly asked to stop firing rounds into disputed waters by the DPRK. Not saying firing onto an island with civilians is right either but we need to realize that BOTH of these actions are acts of aggression that should be condemned instead of everyone rushing to pick a side. This shows how obvious it is that our war machine is itching to go again.

brawne

Nov 23, 2010 9:50 PM CST

You know, Mr. Obama, I wish that you'd been able to take that advice years ago when you were birthed by the same political machine that gave us Truman who fired MacArthur. Was Truman wrong--probably not. Are you a shit magnet? Yes. I wish with all my heart that you would have had the humbleness to hang in the Senate for three terms instead of needing something so much for yourself that none of us mattered. You can't give advice that you wouldn't dream of taking. You know--that dream of your father? The one we all gotta live with you?